Senior DevSecOps Engineer

UNAVAILABLE; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UNAVAILABLE seeks a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to advance cloud and application development. You will implement automation, IaC, and secure DevSecOps practices across multiple platforms.

Ideal candidates have 5–7 years of cloud, DevSecOps, and Agile development experience, with strong collaboration skills and security-first mindset. U.S. government clearance is required where applicable.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance.
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field with 2 years related IT experience.
• At least 1 relevant technical certification.
• 5 years of cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• 5 years with Git SCM providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• 5 years with programming or scripting languages.
• 5 years DevSecOps experience in an Agile environment.
• 3 years Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• 5 years IaC and orchestration experience.
• 5 years building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines).
• 5 years integrating DevSecOps tooling and orchestration.
• Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Establish development tools and automation infrastructure.
• Understand stakeholder needs and translate to developers.
• Automate and improve build, test, deploy, and release processes.
• Review and analyze code and results for quality and security.
• Ensure systems are secure against cybersecurity threats.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement fixes.
• Collaborate with developers to enforce established processes.
• Support enterprise cloud apps via infrastructure as code and large deployments.
• Document current state, perform gap analyses, and recommend options.
• Leverage virtualization and containers to modernize systems.
• Mentor team members and contribute as an individual contributor.
• Present status updates and cross-train DevOps peers.

Skills

Security clearance eligibility

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD & automation

Infrastructure as code

Scripting languages

DevSecOps in Agile

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Education

BS Degree in IT or related field

MS Degree

Certifications (AWS DevOps, Azure, etc.)

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Concourse

Bash

Python

Job description

Overview

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud and application development. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with cloud platform services and DevSecOps practices such as build/release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation.

Responsibilities

• Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and ‘fixes’
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor team members
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• At least 1 relevant technical certification
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 5 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
• 3 Years of Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 5 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines
• 5 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Preferred:

• MS Degree
• Certifications:
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
• Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert
• SAFe DevOps Certification
• Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including Selenium
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible